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Makes sense to keep bringing COD to Wii U, there are not many FPS on the console and Battlefield won't be turning up any time soon due to EA's unprecedented relationship!!

I would love to know how many copies it sold. Great number 2 slot never really stood a chance getting to number 1 when going up against Watch Dogs and its multiplatform release.
I think a large part of the UK are closet Nintendo fans!, but don't want to admit it.

Another great Mario Kart Session, managed 4th on Rainbow Road don't know how more luck than judgement I think. Time for sleep as it's work tomorrow,.

Just like to thank everyone who I raced against last night. It was fun and a steep learning curve. Just got to figure out now how to talk to people using the gamepad.
Looking for more of the same tonight.

Early days at the minute just taking my time working my way through the cups. The anti gravity mechanic is a blast. Had a go online as well on the N Life launch party that was a really fun experience.

My delivery from Yodel turned up at 5.15pm. The blue shell was bigger than I expected. A weekend of Mario Kart awaits!

Just checked my Nintendo Uk store account status: Processing awaiting despatch!! Ahhhhhhh hope it's here for Saturday at the latest. For those who received the game early thanks for the beta test!!

Hopefully the start of a WII U turn around, hopefully Mario Kart will do the business and then its onto, Hyrule Warriors, Bayonetta, X and Super Smash Bros to keep the system selling. That will see this year out, Nintendo need to have some huge surprises lined up at E3 to keep momentum going into 2015

Like so many others Mario Kart 8 all the way for me and the kids. Watch Dogs intrigues me but I'll wait for the review for the Wii U version before making any decision to buy the game.

No second screen multiplayer on the gamepad is a missed opportunity I feel, I would haved loved to play multiplayer on the second screen.

I saw an Mario Kart advert on TV yesterday, popped in Game today at the Highcross Shopping Centre in Leicester, they had a Mario Kart Demo booth but the shelf space for the Wii U is abysmal when compared to Xbox and Playstation

Not impressed, just leave Wii music in the past I hated every minute of it.

The gamepad is Nintendo trying to give gamers a different gaming experience, which is also how they differentiating themselves from Sony & MS. Without the gamepad the WII U is just an underpowered PS4, just like the Xbox 1 is without kinect. Hopefully given time the Wii U will give us a definitive gaming experience using the gamepad.

@unrandomsam, I agree with your point about the Wii Wii U being aimed at the casual market. But that market has moved to mobile and at this moment in time that is the market Kindle Fire TV is aimed at, when they finely get round to releasing the controller.
Like I said in the forum on this issue if they give the Kindle Fire streaming and gamepad functionality for Fire TV in their next revision it will make things very interesting as the casuals will be able to play Candy Crush on the big screen.

For now the big three console manufacturers are safe Amazon TV is aimed at the casual market. Amazon are just dipping their toes in the gaming market place to see what happens.

How about Nintendo's answer to X-COM?

Played this a while back, could be good and the gamepad could easily do tilt and touch controls, one to keep an eye on.

I think they need to announce dates for Smash, Bayonetta, and X and hopefully have more information for Yoshi Yarn, Hyrule Warriors for E3 and maybe some games we know nothing about

@MamaLuigi, your talking about the much rumoured Nintendo Fusion. TBH given with what Iwata has said recently with a home console and a hand held unit sharing the same OS, I would say it will happen eventually.
Anyway back to the story, a rise in sales figures is always positive just need to give people a reason to buy the hardware.

While I have played some decent games on my iPad, the majority of the mobile market is flooded with freemium apps that are looking to fleece you for more money at every turn.
It's a market in which I turned my back on about a year and a half ago. Call me old fashioned but I'd rather pay the full cost of the game upfront than having to buy 69p - £2 packs just to progress. The worst offenders are the now EA owned Firemint who wanted £69 for an extra car in Real Racing 3.
I know some mobile games have come to the 3DS and Wii U, like Guman Clive and Kung Fu Rabbit, these games have made the transitsion well.

If the Wii U version gets released and it gets decent reviews I will buy it.

Disappointed about needing to own multiple cartridges for local multiplayer otherwise sounds like a fun game

Looking like a very good update of an old megadrive game I used to own back in the day.

I think Watchdogs might have a better chance on Wii U than AC as it's a new IP as opposed to a game series that started out on the 360 & PS3.
That's providing Watchdogs still coming to the Wii U.

I hope the black and white graphics don't mess with my eyes like Madworld did. Think I will wait for a review

Will VR take off, personally I don't know. Price of the headsets will be a big factor and also what games are available. It will be interesting to see how the Oculus Rift and Sony's headset pan out.

@JuleyJules, The PC Engine was released in North America as the Turbografx, console never made it to Europe officially, you had to import.

All download purchases no longer tied to your machine, all Wii Virtual Console & Arcade ported onto the eshop!!
Sega Saturn & Dreamcast on eshop!! Capcom releases it's entire CPS1 & 2 arcade catalogue.
Best logical guess PC Engine appearing on eshop with the Megadrive or a new eshop store front??

I think it's obvious that Nintendo need to build better relationships with western third party developers. As for marketing this game that responsibility falls on EA's shoulders they were publishing it after all.

@jshcamisado, Nintendo Uk store works like all other online retailers, you will not be charged until the goods are dispatched. It states this on my online receipt.

Just ordered the limited edition bundle from Nintendo's Uk online store, personally it offers the best value for money when compared to what Amazon, Game Shopto etc are charging for the limited edition on their sites

@Daemonite, you hit the nail on the head with that comment, as a consequence of lack of major third party support I have a PS4 to help balance things out.
Hopefully Watchdogs is delayed on Wii U to avoid Mario Kart. I can wait for the reviews to come in and to see what the gamepad integration is like on the Wii U.

Any chance of a Wii U version Sega?

It's good news that swords & soldiers is getting a sequel and it's coming the Wii U, but personally I think Castlestorm has tweaked this formula to perfection. It will be interesting to see how this game turns out.

@unrandomsam,
Good point arcade gaming still very big in japan where here in the Uk it's just about died out and not like it once was in the 80's & 90's

It's good news for Wii U, personally I will be more interested to see how much PS4 sales will tail of once the early adopters brought their machine. I read an interesting article suggesting Microsoft might even not launch Xbox1 in Japan and pull out of the market.
It also seems to me that the Japanese market is moving more away from home. Consoles and more to mobile gaming.

If the price is right I buy digital (Pikmin 3 at launch) but it's mainly physical discs so far just picked up Deus Ex Human Revolution & Rayman Legends for £24!! On the Eshop these two games would have cost £54.
I think for now digital for Eshop only games and physical copies for retail discs ( barring any steam like sales)

Not convinced at the minute, looks more suited to IOS devices than a console

Brian Blessed voice over wins every time!!, so much energy and enthusiasm compared to the American advert.
I have also noticed the here in the Uk Cartoon Network, Disney etc get most of the Wii U adverts. It's like they're embarrassed to advertise it on mainstream tv

If you are not bothered about a Mario remote, you can buy the premium bundle + Sonic at the winter Olympics for £225 on the UK Amazon store. It's good to see that they are trying to be relevant with the winter Olympics.

Could the poor sales be that the Wii U has an awful lot of 2D platformers? I can think of at least 4 that have been released in the past twelve months.

@SanderEvers, you could argue that the PSPGo was ahead of it's time, Sony hadn't got into the habit of cutting the prices of games.

Nintendo cannot release AAA games every month as they do not have the amount of internal dev teams Sony has for example.
I read an article on 3DS buzz suggesting that Nintendo ditch the optical drive (as opposed to the gamepad) in the Wii U release a new download only version of the Wii U and follow the steam model on the Eshop.

Nothing really new, I liked the look of X and Bayonetta 2. Not sure about GBA games on the Wii U VC, if I want GBA games on the big screen all I need is the game boy player for my old Cube. Hopefully at some point Nintendo will transfer the Wii VC across to the Wii U, and downloads linked to your account not to the hardware. Like I said I like to be hopefull

@FJOJR, If it's masterpiece time then how about F-Zero & Starfox receiving a well overdue reboot?, both games last seen on the Cube
I remember also saying sometime ago on this site that Nintendo would do well in copying Sony and setting up more internal studios this of course would take time to come to fruition but if the third party's are not coming time to have enough internal software houses to see you through.
Nintendo could also take the Microsoft route and splash the cash on more exclusives, why not tie up a deal with Sega that would last years and not just a few games?

Keep the gamepad it's the Wii U's unique selling point. The main problem with the Wii U is that compared to the PS4 & Xbox 1 is that it is woefully under powered and not as program friendly if the reports are true. Whether Nintendo like it or not they're stuck with the gamepad and Wii U for another 3 years. We're looking at a Gamecube situation here and that little box of wonders had some cracking games on it, first and third party.

Nintendo games on mobile platforms will lead to the end of Nintendo as a hardware maker. The Wii U name is bad, should have been a different name NES 2 or Super Nes 2?. Average consumer does not know its a new console. They also need to improve third party relations, a game console solely relying on first party games will always struggle. For their next home console take a leaf out of Sony's book and go and ask developers what they are looking for in a new machine.
They could also try and advertise the damn thing still see way more XBOX1 and PS4 adverts than Wii U.

The all format chart is the happier reading compared to the individual format chart. Animal Crossing, Zelda & Pokémon for the 3DS nothing for the Wii U. Even the out going Wii has just dance at number 4!!. PS4 & Xbox 1 represented by 14 games. It shows that Nintendo need to advertise the Wii U more in the UK as at the minute there are plenty of PS4 & Xbox 1 commercials on the prime time TV and channels. The only Wii U adverts I have seen have been on the kids TV channels.

They should have advertised the Wii U like this from day one, especially here in the UK. But to be honest it's now looking likely we're looking at GC numbers sales wise as PS4 & Xbox 1 have already eliminated the year head start Nintendo had.

It comes down to the games you want to play. I picked up my Wii U in the launch window (just before Rayman got delayed) and enjoyed the games I'd picked. But as the year has gone on, due to poor sales third party devs seem to abandoning the Wii U and third party games I hoped would come are now not looking to materialise. On Friday I received my PS4 which I pre-ordered and have the enjoyed the experience so far. I now in my opinion have a good gaming set up Wii U for the Ninty exclusives and the PS4 for all the Sony exclusives and third party titles that will not be gracing the Wii U.